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Outdoor portrait of two Australian Prisoners of War (POW) outside the barracks in their POW camp ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of two Australian Prisoners of War (POW) outside the barracks in their POW camp at Schneidemuhl, Germany. Identified standing on the left is 3954 Private (Pte) Lionel Stephen Whitbrea...P01981.045
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Pair of civilian lapel badges bearing the Guards Star of Prussia : Private L Marx, Imperial German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of brass lapel badges in the shape of the Guards Star of Prussia. Within the centre of the star is a raised circle with a white enamelled outer ring and a black enamelled eagle with outspread win...REL/02709.004
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Pair of collar badges for rank of Gefreiter : Flak units, Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe pair of red fabric collar badges for a Flak unit, each with two aluminium bird-shaped chevrons indicating the rank of Gefreiter.REL30081
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Pair of collar badges for rank of Gefreiter : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe pair of yellow fabric collar badges for flight personnel, each with two aluminium bird-shaped chevrons indicating the rank of Gefreiter.REL30205
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Pair of collar badges showing rank of Obergefreiter or Feldwebel : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe pair of yellow fabric collar badges for flight personnel, each with three aluminium bird-shaped chevrons, which may indicate the rank of Obergefreiter or Feldwebel.REL30206
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Pair of colour patches : Private J H Buik, Headquarters Guard Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of black triangular colour patches on a grey background of the same shape, for Headquarters Guard Battalion.REL31493
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Pair of German Army leather jack boots
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of black leather three quarter length German jackboots (Marschstiefel) as worn by other ranks. The boots are of a treated suede finish. They have no toe-caps, and each has a pair of black webbing...REL/06925
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Pair of holster caps : Trooper of Prussian Garde du Corps
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pair of holster caps made with a red superfine wool ground. Hand sewn to this is a stumpwork eight-pointed white star superimposed with a roundel depicting the crowned Prussian black eagle holding a s...REL/00184.002
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Pair of shoulder boards for the rank of Feldwebel : Flak units, Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe pair of blue-grey wool shoulder boards showing the rank of Feldwebel in a Flak unit. Each board has a single silver painted brass 'pip', and is edged with red piping and a broad band of alum...REL30083
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Pair of silver-aluminium braid shoulder straps : Leutnant W G Herrmann, Jagdgeschwader 53, Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe leutnant's pair of silver-aluminium Russia braid shoulder straps. The two strands of Russia braid are laid flat on the yellow arm-of-service cloth backing board. The strands of braid form a ...REL/18105.003
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Papers of Sir John Nimmo, 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Nimmo, John Angus Unknown
Papers relating to the Second World War service of John Angus Nimmo, Australian Red Cross. On 2 October 1945, Nimmo delivered a paper titled, 'I was at Belsen' to the Wesley Church at Melbourne. In th...AWM2019.22.149
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Patriotic ring : Austria-Hungary and Germany
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Man's silver signet ring bearing on the front face an oval within which is a crown with the dates '1914' and '1915' on either side.Beneath is a wreath containing eight lightning bolts. On either side ...REL/17226.001
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Photographs and photographic postcards relating to Antonin Horcicka, c. 1919 - c. 1967
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown Various
Photographs and photographic postcards relating to the interwar life, Second World War service and post war life of Antonin Horcicka, c. 1919 - c. 1967. This file is comprised of photographs and phot...AWM2019.22.273
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Pilot's badge : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pilots badge. Slightly convex. Obverse: A dull silver flying eagle, facing right, clutching a swastika in its claws and riveted onto a silver wash wreath of laurel (left) and oak (right) leaves. The r...REL/12017.026
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Pilots breast badge : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pilots breast badge. Silver washed vertical oval shaped wreath with a voided centre, vertically divided, the (wearer's) right half being of laurel leaves and the left of oak leaves, joined at the bott...REL/04308.032
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Portrait of 2663 Private (Pte) Charles Leslie Gillett of the 17th Battalion, whilst a prisoner of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of 2663 Private (Pte) Charles Leslie Gillett of the 17th Battalion, whilst a prisoner of war. An engine driver prior to enlistment, Pte Gillett received a shrapnel wound to his right leg resu...P00429.002
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Portrait of 4402 Private (Pte) Thomas Francis Crorkan, 28th Battalion, Prisoner of War (POW). Pte ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of 4402 Private (Pte) Thomas Francis Crorkan, 28th Battalion, Prisoner of War (POW). Pte Crorkan, who enlisted on 29 February 1916, was taken prisoner at Pozieres on 28 July 1916.H00121
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Portrait of three officers of the Australian Flying Corps, returned prisoners of war (POWs) from ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of three officers of the Australian Flying Corps, returned prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany at the receiving camp at Ripon. Left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Oscar Thomas Flight; Lt Alexande...D00177
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Portrait of Unteroffizier Hans Prislier, a guard of the Marlag and Milag North [Marlag und Milag ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of Unteroffizier Hans Prislier, a guard of the Marlag and Milag North [Marlag und Milag Nord] a Naval or Merchant Marine personnel prisoner of war (POW) camp at Westertimke, Germany. Unterof...P01301.001
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Prisoner of War (POW) NX2453 Corporal Frederick J. (Fred) McAlister (POW number 09701) (left) of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Prisoner of War (POW) NX2453 Corporal Frederick J. (Fred) McAlister (POW number 09701) (left) of the 2/1st Battalion and another POW tending to some farming equipment. They were prisoners at Camp 13C ...P02507.002
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Prisoners of War (POW) standing near the entrance to their camp at Friedrichsfeld, Germany. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Prisoners of War (POW) standing near the entrance to their camp at Friedrichsfeld, Germany. Photograph sent to Australian Red Cross London by 915 Private (Pte) John Robert Colledge, 32nd Battalion fro...P01981.012
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Prisoners of war 5191 Private Percy Ellis Peake, 51st Battalion (later 56th Battalion), and an ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Prisoners of war 5191 Private Percy Ellis Peake, 51st Battalion (later 56th Battalion), and an unidentified Private of the 7th London Regiment, employed in a coal pit at Dortmund, Germany. This photog...C02903
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Private George Cooper relates his experiences with the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Cooper, George Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
George Cooper discusses: prewar work; conscription; joins the Gordon Highlanders August 1917; expectations of war; family's reaction to his enlistment; training; escort at military funerals; elite dri...S02036
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Proclamation
Art
Maker: Unknown
Belgian First World War proclamation poster announcing the punishment of various people for treason. Six of these were sentenced to death, with a further four sentenced to hard labour. Of particular n...ARTV07616
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Protect the homeland
Art
Maker: Unknown German Army Unknown
German poster directed at commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and general Army announcing that a meeting would be held to discuss defending the German homeland against anarchy. It furth...ARTV06209
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Prussian Grand Cross (Grosskreuz) of the Iron Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Grosskreuz (Grand Cross) of the Iron Cross. From 1813 to the end of 1918 only 19 were awarded. The pattern is the same as for all Iron Crosses but the size is much bigger, 61mm square. The ribbon is b...REL/02591.006
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Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, 4th Class, with Swords
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Medal of the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th Class, a post-September 1916 wartime economy issue, cast and enamelled in one piece. Zinc-gilt cross, with gilt crossed swords through arms. The obverse shows ...REL/02591.002
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Red Cross label from prisoner of war comforts parcel : Second Corporal A B Mason, 14 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White parcel label with a red cross in the centre, printed and typed in both English and German : 'Kriegsgefangenensendung/ Packed and despatched by "The Australian Red Cross"/ F Parcel. Contents 'uni...RELAWM09660
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Red Cross Society leather wallet : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather fold over wallet. There are three compartments inside to hold notes and papers (two on one side, one behind the other, which is smaller). One of the compartments is stamped in gold 'GOOD...REL38246
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Ribbon bars : Flight Lieutenant A J Henry, 103 Squadron Royal Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ribbon bars for Distinguished Flying Cross, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, British War Medal 1939-45 and Australia Service Medal. There is a brass pin fastening on the reverse.REL/13352
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Royal Aircraf Factory FE2d aircraft at Bickendorf aerodrome. As part of the British Army of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Royal Aircraf Factory FE2d aircraft at Bickendorf aerodrome. As part of the British Army of Occupation, No 4 Squadron, AFC was stationed at Bickendorf in Cologne from 7 December 1918 until March 1919...A03958
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Royal Aircraft Factory Bristol F2B fighter aircraft, Serial F6043 at Bickendorf aerodrome. As ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Royal Aircraft Factory Bristol F2B fighter aircraft, Serial F6043 at Bickendorf aerodrome. As part of the British Army of Occupation, No 4 Squadron, AFC was stationed at Bickendorf in Cologne from 7 ...A03959
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Royal Air Force (RAF) De Havilland DH.9 aircraft, Serial H4291 at Bickendorf, Cologne. As part ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Royal Air Force (RAF) De Havilland DH.9 aircraft, Serial H4291 at Bickendorf, Cologne. As part of the British Army of Occupation, No 4 Squadron, AFC was stationed at Bickendorf in Cologne from 7 Dece...A03947
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Royal Air Force (RAF) Sopwith Camel aircraft on the snow covered ground at Bickendorf, Cologne. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Royal Air Force (RAF) Sopwith Camel aircraft on the snow covered ground at Bickendorf, Cologne. Four men are standing behind the aircraft. Three white fuselage stripes and the letter 'B' are on the ...A03951
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Royal Hohenzollern House Order, with Swords
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Hohenzollern House Order, with Swords [Hohenzollernscher Hausordern mit Schwertern]. White enamelled, black lined cross pattee surmounted by a crown, with crossed gilt swords between the arms su...REL/02591.003
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Russian Campaign Medal (1941-1942) : Lothar Scholz
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Medal for Campaign against Russia (Winterschlact im Osten 1941/42), with ribbon. Unnamed as issued. White metal alloy medal is surmounted by a steel helmet and a grenade. Obverse shows a German...REL27181.005
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Sailor's housewife : Torpedoheizer Richard Kuhlmann, SMS Emden
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue cotton housewife roll. The edge of the roll is reinforced with white cotton tape. When laid flat the roll reveals pockets at either end which are secured by black plastic buttons. One pocket has ...REL31671
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Saxe-Altenburg Bravery Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Altenburg Bravery Medal. unnamed as issued. Obverse: A cross pattée with the arms of Saxe-Altenburg in the centre. A crown on the top arm and '1914' across the left and right arms. Reverse: A scr...RELAWM01369
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Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Carl Eduard War Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Carl Eduard War Cross. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A Maltese cross with 'CE' surmounted by a crown on the centre disc and surrounded by a green enamel laurel wreath attached to the a...RELAWM01350
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Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Silver War Merit Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Silver War Merit Medal with swords on the suspender. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Carl Eduard facing right with the inscription 'CARL EDUARD HERZOGV SACHSEN COBURG U GOTHA...RELAWM01351
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Saxe-Meiningen Cross for Merit in War
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Meiningen Cross for Merit in War. Awarded by the Duke of Sachsen Meiningen to officers who showed special merit. Instituted on 7 March 1915. Bronze cross pattee with curved ends to arms and a duc...REL/02591.009
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Saxe-Meiningen War Merit Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Meiningen War Merit Cross. Unnamed as issued. A bronze cross pattée convex within an oak leaf wreath, with a coronet in the void between each of the arms. Aat the top a double sided, hinged crown...RELAWM01347
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Saxe-Meiningen Women's Merit Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Meiningen Women's Merit Cross. Unnamed as issued. A bronze cross pattée convex surrounded by an oak leaf wreath, with a void between each of the arms. At the top a double sided hinged crown. Obv...RELAWM01349
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Saxe-Meningen War Merit Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Meningen War Merit Medal. Unnamed. Obverse: A cross pattée convex with a 'B' in the centre and surrounded by an oak leaf wreath on the circumference. It has a crown on the top arm and coronets be...RELAWM01348
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Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Order of the White Falcon, First Class Knights Cross with Swords
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Order of the White Falcon, First Class Knights Cross with Swords. Unnamed as issued. A green enamel Maltese Cross with a red tasseled square pillow showing between the arms and su...RELAWM09370
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Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Wilhelm Ernst War Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Wilhelm Ernst War Cross. Obverse: A white enamelled cross pattée, with green laurel sprays crossing the horizontal arms and just overlapping the top arm. There are crossed swords ...RELAWM01336
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Saxe-Weimar Home Service Merit Cross
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Weimar Home Service Merit Cross. Unnamed as issued. A blackened zinc passion cross, with slightly widening arms and rounded ends, surmounted by a double sided hinged crown. Obverse: The bust of t...RELAWM01337
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Saxe-Weimar Order of the White Falcon Silver Merit Cross with Swords
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Weimar Order of the White Falcon Silver Merit Cross with Swords. A silver Maltese cross with crossed swords between the arms. Obverse: A crowned monogram 'WE' within a circle containing the inscr...RELAWM01338
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Saxe-Weimar Silver General Honour Medal with Swords
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Saxe-Weimar Silver General Honour Medal with Swords. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, facing left, with the inscription 'WILHELM ERNST GROSSHERZOG VON SACHSEN' around ...RELAWM01339
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Schwarzburg Medal of Honour with oak leaf clasp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Schwarzburg Medal of Honour with oak leaf clasp. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A crowned lion rampant facing left with the inscription 'FUR TREUE UND VERDIENST' around the top circumference and two oak ...RELAWM01335